Coal-tipple



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M. Q.- CURRY Goal Tipple. No. 234,116-l Patented Nov. 9,1880.

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COAL-TIPPLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 234,116, dated November 9, 1880,

Application led June 16, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARoELLUs Q. QUERY, of Elizabeth, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in OOal-TppIeS; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawin gs, in which- Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a tipple constructed after my invention. Fig. 2 is a top view of the same.

The object of this invention is to so construct the workin g parts ot' a coal-tipple that it is rendered more efficient, more easily man-aged, and allows the tipple to be used in loading barges at any stage of water in the river. It consists in the construction and combination of parts substantially as hereinafter fully described and claimed.

Referring to the drawings, my. invention is as follows: I take the usual tipple consisting of the trestle A A, sleepers B B, and timbers C, without alteration.. On the two middle timbers, G, at their outer end, I place the beams D, as shown, which support in suitable journal boxes or bearings the shaft of the drum. This drum is double, having the two similar drums E xed to the same shaft, with the brakewheel F between them. On the outer ends of shaft are fixed the narrow drums G G. Ropes y, ce a. are wound on the drums E in the same direction, and to the depending ends of ropes a the basket H is hung by means of the jointed hangers b b', as shown, alike on both sides of the basket. The purpose of this jointin g of the hangers is to always allow the basket to assume such position that the ropes awill hang vertically.

A shaft, c, is journaled in the timbers G, back of the drums E, and on the outer ends of this shaft are fixed the differential pulleys cl c. A wire rope, t', is attached to each drum Gr and coiled one or more times around it, thence passing once around pulley d and'downward from it, carrying at its end the counter-balance I. A wire rope or chain, t if, is attached to and wound several times about the pulley e, on each side, and this passes down and is xed to the guiding-arm J on each side. y Arms J, in turn, are hinged to the slides f, which work up (No model.)

and down on the vertical guide-rods g. Arms J sweep outwardly and converge toward the basket, to which they are pivoted at about the middle of its sides. Counter-balances I are calculated to balance the weight of the chains, drums, and other attachments of the scalebeams D, besides the arms J and the basket H. On top of the beams D, I lay a spring-frame, K K, whose ends are supported on the coiled springs s, one at each corner. on the frame K K, I journal the check-chain shafts M M, from which descend the checkchains m to the basket. A ratchet-wheel, N, and pawl, n, control the play of the chains m, so that they may be set to tip the basket outwardly or inwardly when it is lowered. The usual end-gate chain o and its shaft p, with ratchet q and pawl r, are attached to the timbersin the usual way. A band, t, passes around the brake-wheel F, and is controlled by the levers u t and link w.

Thus constructed, the operations of loading are much facilitated. In letting down the loaded basket the check-chains cause it to tip, but the jointed hangers and guiding-arms retain it in position without allowing it to sway backward and forward, so that in all positions the ropes a a hang vertically. The springframe K K permits the basket to be lowered very rapidly without danger of shivering the timbers by the stiffening of the check-chains, since the springs s yield to a hard jar and prevent rupture of the chains or damage to the scale-beams.

The basket being guided throughout its descent and prevented from swaying, the tipple can be built higher than usual, and thus afford facility for loading boats at any stage of water in the river.

The differential pulleys d c are usedthe pulley d to make available the weight I to eounterbalance and assist or cause the elevation of the empty basket, and the pulley e on same shaft to wind up and unwind the rope l1', and thus .control the descent and promote the ascent ot the guide-rods J.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination of vertical guiding-rods g, slides f, pivoted to the arms J, and basket H, attached to said arms, substantially as described.

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2. Therconlbination of basket H, jointed 4. Inacoal-tipple, the check-chain rollers or 1o hangers b b', and ropes a with drums E, subshafts M M, supported on a. yielding or spring stantially as shown. frame, K, snbs.antially as specified.

3. 1n combination with basket H, ropes a a, In testimony WhereofI, the said MARCELLUS 5 and drums E E, the drums or pulleys G G, Q. CURRY, have hereto set my hand.

ropes z' i, pulleys d e d e, and ropes z" i', ropes MARUELLUS Q. OURRY. i 'i carrying the counter-weights I I, and ropes Witnesses: z" attached to the arms J J, substantially :is T. J. MCTIGHE,

described. JOHN M. PATTERSON. 

